A corsair's reflection (For xalex)

[MappleMan7]

"I rammed his boat so it would hit a buoy floating in the water. Those things are tough as hell so it punched a hole in his boat"

Mandy smirked a little as she recalled the memory. The booze helped with the pride she was feeling- that and it felt nice to hear someone laugh about it rather than scold her for it.

"The look on that jerk's face was totally worth getting fired over. Heheh... I'd honestly do it again in a heartbeat if it ever came to it"

[xalex]

Karin would look at mandy for a few seconds..." And you are afraid people in law won't like you? You are afraid they find you boring?" Karin would lean in. "Your a badass pirate chick who is build like a brick house and you got character!" Karin would sit back down again. "Everyone will want to see you! You just need a good manager and you need to show the fans you can fight! " Karin would stop for a moment "You can fight right!?" Looking Mandy into the eyes for a few seconds.
" Because I want to see you fight and kick ass! I think you fit right into law with all other crazys like me!"

[MappleMan7]

"Well... I never cared about people being mad at me, but I can't help but think of what they're going to think about this new side I want to show off. If they're chill with it, cool. If not... then I just hope that it dosen't take too long to get more cheers than boos"

Mandy shrugged and sipped her drink, cracking a smile at the compliments.

"Heheh. Thanks. I appreciate it. Also- I don't you're crazy. You seem alright to me"

[xalex]

“like why do you care what people think about you?” Karin asked. “serious question. Like people used to laugh at me and all I did was try to please them, put on a show for them an entertain them. But fuck it I am not out there for the fans, in the end its only me I am out there for. I am there for what I love and for myself… And sometimes for my friends but yeah they often safe my butt instead of the other way around.”
Karin would smirk. “so yeah why do you care what they think of you? They can hate you, they can love you! You still rock. You just have to od what you enjoy, be happy for yourself and people will start to like you. I love to fight and people love to watch me fight… so that’s a perfect fit!”

[MappleMan7]

Karins' words made Olivia take pause. No sipping the fancy drink or anything- she just let the gears turn in her head as she listened to her new friend.

"...Y'know what? You got a point there"

Olivia DOWNED the rest of her drink, turning over to Karin with a more confident expression.

"I dunno how folks are gonna react to the new fit and all that... but yeah- you're right! It's what I wanna do- and if anybody tries to tell me otherwise I'll just like... smack them or some shit. I dunno"

Olivia cracked a smile, giggling at the idea before giving Karin a light slug in her arm.

"You're alright, Karin. If I haven't said before, you're pretty cool. I'm glad I got to meet you- and I appreciate the advice"

[xalex]

The light slug on the arm was enough to make the small girl stumble to the side. Seems like olivia still underestimated herself and her own power. Karin would need a moment to catch herself but would smile brightly back at oliva. Then she lifted her own fist backup. “You can keep saying that a bit more often I like to hear that!” She would then give Olivia a slug back on her shoulder. Surly not as strong as the one olivia had thrown at her.
After a moment Karin would giggle. “would love to fight you to be honest… you look like a tough opponent and I really would love to face the new you!” Karin would do a movement like she was checking out Olivia once again. “pretty sure I got quite the good chance against you!”

[MappleMan7]

Olivia howled with laughter when she saw her teeny punch almost knocked over Karin. In reality, it wasn't THAT funny- but it could be safe to assume the drinks from tonight were starting to take effect. Olivia wiped away a tear as Karin took a moment to correct herself and bopped her on the shoulder, giving the smaller woman her full attention at the challenge she was offering, snickering as Karin was checking her out.

"You're challenging me? To a match? Y'know what- Yeah! You're on! But don't think just because you gave me good life advice and drinks that I'm going to take it easy on you. I've been busting my butt studying up on moves different from my cousin- and I would love the chance to show them off to everybody"

Olivia turned to fully face Karin, offering her hand to be shook and officially seal this deal.

[xalex]

Karin would look up and smirk right into Olivia´s face. “oh hellyeah I am looking forward what kind of moveset you got figured out for yourself! Better not be boring!” Karin would reach out with her own hand and grabbed Olivia´s trying to give the big girl a thigh squeeze.
“I let you pick the place and the rules… we can ask in law for a match… or we can do it rough and dirty in private!” Karin would giggle and give Olivia a small wink.